If Apple complies with this, the UK government will gain access to all iCloud data globally. The only way Apple comes out of this with any integrity is to leave the UK market. If they give in to this, every regime in the world will demand the same thing. And that’s before we even get to the fact that there’s no such thing a “backdoor” for just so-and-so. Either there is a door or there isn’t and if there is, anyone who obtains the key can use it.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/07/uk-confronts-apple-with-demand-for-cloud-backdoor-to-users-encrypted-data

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  • Andy Mouse
    1•3 days ago

    @[email protected] I don’t get this. If Apple can provide this, it wasn’t encrypted to begin with and they are likely already giving the info and this is just a PR campaign to adjust the public’s expectations about these things.

    If that cannot provide this, because it is encrypted with a key only the consumer can provide, then it’s a moot point.

    This is why I use @[email protected] and host it myself.